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> hey this reply to all thing is doing my head in.  Can people 
> just reply
> to the list? I'm getting multiple copies of everything. I take the
> effort, can't you?

Hrmm, well, that's getting to be a downright pain :(

> Ooooh, yeah, of course. I thought you meant the station would be
> annoying the locals and they'd take action or something.  :-/

Nup...
> 
> > Hotspots are different.  There, you're dealing with a 
> localised AP, not
> > trying long haul links.  I wouldn't mind hotspots at 
> stations...  Would take
> > the lappy with me :-)
> 
> 
> But this is exactly what I'm talking about.  There'd be a local hot
> spot, but as to how the stations are connected, I'm not sure. I'd be
> shocked if the railway doesn't have fibre running along the line
> already, if they don't, it could be put in, or perhaps 
> directional links
> could be used? 

You were talking about the train info, which seems to make a phone call to
somewhere...  that's providing a point-point link.  not providing network
access on the platform into their fibre (or whatever).  Also, if they had
fibre, surely they could reroute their traffic via that already?

> 
> But I'm talking about an omni sitting on the station, linked (somehow)
> into a network which sends out train timetable diffs.
> 
> what is it about the man with a hammer seeing a world of nails?   :)

Well, if anyone lives next to a station, they could create a hotspot. :-)

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